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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 52m

PS: please leave positive reviews of small indies you enjoy on Steam. Even just a couple of words if you don't feel like writing a full review.

If it doesn't help with the algorithm (it might, but who knows for sure?), at least it warms our hearts and makes our day (truly).

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 1h

In case you're curious you can check it out over there
store.steampowered.com/app/1775220/...

And you'll note that it's currently on sale (just saying).

Save 35% on Echoes on Steam

Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will ...

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 1h

Took us two years and some, but we did it. 🎉

Lesson learned: don't shadow drop your game and hope for the best.

(even if it's a very low budget remake of your first game and you don't have the money to both market it properly and fund on your next title).

Screenshot of the Steam page of the game "Echoes" by Nova-box, showing that 100% of the 10 reviews are positive.

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Abram Buehner @abrambuehner.bsky.social · 4h

The PS2 truly is the best console ever because it is constantly becoming more powerful. Each time we say something "looks like a PS2 game" we're talking about a game of a higher fidelity than the last. What the PS2 is capable of in 2025 is so far beyond what it was capable of in 2003. That's amazing

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Wadjet Eye of Sauron @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social · 2h

Oh my GOD this Fia/Em fanart is incredible.

TimetheHobo @timethehobo.bsky.social · 3h

She really is her good luck charm. 🫶 #OldSkies

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CHI XU @meltingcomet.com · 2h

and lastly, we've added a multitude of new game options to our core rhythm gameplay, including the long-awaited "custom colors" feature, which lets you select between a *huge* amount of colors for each enemy type. see it and the other new changes in action here:

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CHI XU @meltingcomet.com · 2h

hi! chi here, producer at @dcellgames.com!

i'm really excited to finally show off a lot of the cool stuff we're adding to UNBEATABLE's arcade mode half today and in this thread, I want to go into more detail on some of the things we didn't cover in this video 🧵🧵

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Camille Cee @camillecee.bsky.social · 2h

I very much look forward to it! Good luck!

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 2h

We'll be a month out from release in less than a week 😰

A little scary, but exciting! We're doing everything we can to get the word out, so if you're interested in a narrative adventure game with DS-inspired art and a great mystery to solve, spread the word!

store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 7h

if you really wanna make an indie's day buy their game on itch and leave a big fat tip

Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 9h

I'll also add that, where possible for your financial scenario, buying indie games as close to full price as possible is a biggie. Steam takes 30% of every copy. Then the publisher takes theirs. (And even if there's no publisher the dev needs to recoup costs.)

Try not to leave creators with pennies

CHI XU @meltingcomet.com · 13h

wishlist conversion rates REALLY fucking fall into the gutter if people just wishlist for the sake of it and don't eventually adopt / pick up the game

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 4h

Seriously, if the art is strong, some color variation simply doesn't matter that much. The average person will never notice anyway and only you the artist know it didn't match exactly what you intended.

Crimson 💀 (spooky) @crimsontentacles.bsky.social · 12h

Listen to me. Listen. If you're making images that will only be displayed on screens, YOU HAVE TO LET GO. You can calibrate your screens perfectly, but then 25k people will see it on their shitty $50 monitors or cracked phone and its out of your hands. Don't think of it. Achieve enlightenment.

Tweet by @night margin "digital artist woes" image of the same color gradient on various screen (monitor 1 appears very grey purple, phone appear VERY pink, monitor 2 appears a more saturated purple, laptop appears brownish red, family's phone appears much darker and bluer etc.)

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official nikk account @nikk.ca · 13h

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

elegant woman blasting a suitor in the face with the NO gun

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WWW.UNBEATABLEGAMEWISHLIST.NOW @dcellgames.com · 4h

oh btw

UNBEATABLE: ARCADE MODE OVERVIEW

YouTube video by D-CELL

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 9h

Again, full price isn't going to fit everyone's wallet! But players are so conditioned these days to wait for fire sales on games, and many indies can't sustain that. Selling a ton of copies during a Steam sale doesn't actually move the needle if 90% off means the dev winds up with a few quarters.

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 9h

I'll also add that, where possible for your financial scenario, buying indie games as close to full price as possible is a biggie. Steam takes 30% of every copy. Then the publisher takes theirs. (And even if there's no publisher the dev needs to recoup costs.)

Try not to leave creators with pennies

CHI XU @meltingcomet.com · 13h

wishlist conversion rates REALLY fucking fall into the gutter if people just wishlist for the sake of it and don't eventually adopt / pick up the game

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Malindy(looking for work) @yourkyotowife.bsky.social · 3d

Hi! Today I made a knot in my brain trying to describe what makes good criticism, and why some of it can feel a bit unfair. This is complicated, so I'd love to hear your opinion!
malindy.medium.com/what-critici...

What criticism is and isn’t

A game isn’t bad simply because you don’t like it. Or is it? Let’s break it down.

malindy.medium.com

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 11h

Lots of stuff out tomorrow. Vampire Bloodlines 2 (my review should be up soon on RPS), Painkiller rebooted, Isopod, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Ninja Gaiden 4 and... Super Robot Wars In Frilly Hats.

Seriously don't skip on this if you like SRPGs. Originally four games, stitched into one HUGE whole.

Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - on Steam

Command a legion of more than 70 beloved Touhou Project heroines on an expansive quest to uncover the cause of mysterious incidents blossoming throughout Gensokyo. Deploy units on grid-based maps to b...

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WWW.UNBEATABLEGAMEWISHLIST.NOW @dcellgames.com · 1d

=18 DAYS TIL' UNBEATABLE=

"i remember how new and fresh writing empty diary was back in 2019, and now the song feels like a far off summer day. i can't believe how far unbeatable has come since then. thanks for sticking with us <3"

- @postergirlxoxo.bsky.social, music composer / arranger

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Joylilworld 🦋 @joylilworld.bsky.social · 1d

ONE SHOT FESTIVAL c'était cool ! J'ai parlé de ma technique 2.5D sur Blender avec le mode Grease Pencil.
Y avait vraiment de chouette talks d'expériences en Anim. On a vraiment de la chance à Angoulême, merci au Sapin Sapin, David @lapoulenoire.fr @eponinejacquet.bsky.social et Magelis. Vive l'Art.

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Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch but.... Not false. We need people to drop the excel sheets and get in early, get in and take risk instead of just being fucking middlemen. If you're taking revenue % - fucking earn it.

Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 2d

Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%

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David S. Pumpkins @dphrygian.com · 2d

My favorite game of the year, maybe the decade. If you like cats or comedy or immersive sims or stealth games, you're going to like Skin Deep.

Brendon Chung - SKIN DEEP OUT NOW @blendogames.bsky.social · 2d

Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

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WWW.UNBEATABLEGAMEWISHLIST.NOW @dcellgames.com · 2d

"so excited for everyone to get to see all our hard work!! have fun meeting all the characters i designed (including these guys)"

- @eelbeats.bsky.social, gameplay animator / character designer

Artwork of Poco and Apoco outfit swapping with two other characters from the game (whose names aren't revealed yet. Well, you know one of them if you saw the third trailer). Drawn by Michelle / Eelbeats.

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All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 15d

Did you know, you can support All Will Rise by following the project on Kickstarter?

While we continue to bring the game to life, your support is what keeps us going! Can we get to 450 followers on our Kickstarter before the end of the year?

Follow here: shorturl.at/blVA9

#IndieDev #GameDev

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · Feb 1

#ACAB

nerd: hey fellas, i hear alot of calls for abolishing police. but how will we stay safe?

buff shirtless bald guy on laptop:
King, police abolition is not about defunding every department instantly. It's about a gradual process o strategically reallocating resources, funding and responsibility away from police and toward community based models of safety, support and prevention. The people who respond to crises in our community should be people who are best equipped to deal with those crisis.
insanely buff guy on couch with laptop:
Friend I want to echo that last statement and dig down a little further. Crime isn't random. Most off the time, it happens when someone has been unable to meet their basic needs through other means. By shifting money away from police and toward services that actually meet those needs, we'll be able to get to a place where we won't need to rob banks.

jacked dude in gray tee shirt at a desktop pc:
Couldn't have said it better myself, King! This is bigger than just police brutality; it's about how the prison industrial complex, the drug war, immigration law and the web of policy, law and culture that forms our criminal justice system has destroyed millions o lives, and torn apart families. Cops don't prevent crime, they cause it, through ongoing violent disruption of our communities.

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Lucy Blundell @kinmoku.bsky.social · 2d

Ahh I just finished Wednesdays (in one sitting, which is rare for me) and OMG this is a GEM of a narrative indie game! I am crying a river!! 😭😭😭 Well done @wednesdays-game.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social !!

It's on sale right now, too!
store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...

Save 25% on Wednesdays on Steam

"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled ...

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